To: Urlemmings: Try going to Central & South America. Were a teacher (graduated with honors) would earn less than $15,000.00 while the government steals all the monies and vaccinations the United Nations send them and the U.S.A. Do you know that we send $230,000,000.00 each year to BRAZIL from the U.S.A.? Do you know that Peru receives $87,000,000.00 each year by the U.S.A.? Averigua! Deja de criticar tanto acá (U.S.A.) mudate a Mianmar, China, Cuba, Venezuela o cualquier otra parte y veras. By the way when have you seen a Latin-American President retired from his service POOR? The answer NEVER!

this article is a joke. I need a decent paying job now. After 29 years my company no longer has a position for me. I am now applying for positions at half my former wage. if I'm lucky enough to get one, I can be homeless in 6 months. Thats something to look forward to. Oh wait! I can get 2 full time jobs and break even so long as i don't have to pay for health care! I've actually been told I wouldn't be hired because I had such a good job all my life that i would leave the first time another one came along. so what do I do? Tell me.....

Wish I could have a one to one with michaelbanks....my husband is a dedicated public servant with a small city in the south.  If you think for a moment that we live the life, think again.   6% of his salary goes to his retirement fund via the state...he gets 4% matching from his 'city' employer.   When we can afford to retire, he will get about 33% of his current salary per month.   We have lived with 4 years; soon to be 5 years, of furlough time, no raises, and the only 'benefit' increase was the vacation time increases while taking on more of the cost of medical insurance.     Do we throw stones at all those private sector people who think 'we live the life' but expect their garbage picked up, the streets in perfect condition, the storm water to run off their property and be fixed by the 'city', to call the neighbor and tell him to stop it or fix it, and most of all do it all on less taxes not more.  Guess we all need to blame someone ...

michaelsbanks

It must be sweet to have a government job, I meet people all the time that are retired at 40,s and 50s all of which are ex government hacks who work 20 years and retire with more then twice the pay/benifits of people in the dreaded private sector who must live off an average of 1/3 what the government retiree gets, and those in the dreaded private sector must work twice the number of years .enjoy life for thats all you get my reward is the next life